WHAT'S UP, ROCK CHURCH,
WHAT'S UP, WHAT'S UP, WHAT'S UP, WHAT'S UP! [APPLAUSE] HAPPY SUNDAY. I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO ALL OF
THE CAMPUSES AND TODAY I WAS GOING TO PREACH A CERTAIN
MESSAGE AND GOD REDIRECTED ME THIS MORNING, AND SO I DID IT
AND CAN'T DO IT AGAIN LIKE I DID IT AND SO WE ARE GOING PLAY A
VIDEO HERE IN A MINUTE BUT I WANTED TO COME UP AT THE
BEGINNING AND EMPHASIZE A COUPLE OF THINGS: LIFE CLASS AND LIFE
GROUP, AND I WANT TO TALK TO ALL OF THE CAM PASSES, I DIDN'T WANT
TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND EMPHASIZE THE
NEED TO BE IN LIFE CLASS, IT'S GOING TO LAUNCH YOU INTO WHERE
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE, AND LIFE GROUP IS GOING TO MAKE THIS
CHURCH, AND I HAVE A LIFE GROUP AT MY HOUSE, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO
MEET PEOPLE AND BE ACCOUNTABLE TO PEOPLE, AND I PRAY THAT GOD
WILL DO SOMETHING AMAZING IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE OF THIS
MESSAGE. HE IS GOING TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO
YOU AND LET'S BOW IN PRAYER. LORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
FAITHFULNESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS, AND
LORD, I PRAY YOU SPEAK IT VERY POWERFULLY TO ALL OF THE
CAMPUSES, AND I PRAY YOU SPEAK IT TO ME. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. EVERYONE SAY I'M READY. AMEN. SOMEONE SAY JESUS! CAN WE ALL STAND UP? HOW ARE YOU DOING ROCK CHURCH,
STAND UP, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. FEELS LIKE I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE
IN A LONG TIME. I HAVEN'T, GLAD TO SEE YOU ARE
STILL HERE. I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO EAST AND
NORTH COUNTY AND SAN ISIDRO AND CITY HEIGHTS, LET'S GIVE ALL OF
THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE A GREAT BIG HAND. [APPLAUSE] WELCOME TO SUMMER AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE GRADUATES. AMEN? [APPLAUSE] I PLANNED A SERMON TODAY AND
THERE IS A LESSON PLAN IN YOUR NOTES AND SO THE NOTES YOU HAVE,
KEEP THEM WE'LL DO IT AT SOME POINT OR YOU CAN LOOK UP THE
SCRIPTURES AND FILL IT IN T'S NOT COMPLICATED BECAUSE I PRAY
GOD DOES SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE TODAY. LET'S GET ON OUR KNEES. DEAR GOD, I GOT MY VAVOOM SHIRT
ON, AROUND FOR ALL OF THE YOUNG ONE WHO IS DON'T KNOW WHO THIS
IS, IT'S A CARTOON CHARACTER FROM 3,000 YEARS AGO THAT SAID
"VAVOOM! HE HAD POWER" AND WHEN HE WOULD
OPEN HIS MOUTH, THE MOUNTAINS WOULD MOVE. LORD WE PRAY THAT WHEN YOU OPEN
YOUR MOUTH MOUNTAINS WOULD MOVE IN OUR LIVES AND YOU WOULD DO
AMAZING SUPERNATURAL THINGS IN OUR HEARTS. HAD LORD, MANY OF US HAVE BEEN
PRAYING AND STRUGGLING AND FIGHTING ISSUE, ADDICTIONS,
SPIRITUAL BONDAGE, DISEASE, PAIN, FOR SO LONG, WE PRAY, HOLY
SPIRIT, THAT YOU MOVE IN OUR LIVES TODAY. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD ELEVATE
OUR EXPECTATION; THAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO RECEIVE MORE FROM YOU
THAN WHAT WE HAVE; THAT WE WOULD NOT CREATE A THEOLOGY OF DOUBT
BUT A THEOLOGY OF BELIEF AND MIRACLES. HOLY SPIRIT, FILL THIS PLACE AND
ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WATCHING ON LINE, WE
PRAY YOU TOUCH THEM RIGHT WHERE THEY NEED BE TOUCHED AND THAT
YOU OPEN THEIR EYES SO THEY SEE WHAT YOU NEED THEM TO SEE AND
FILL THEIR HEARTS WITH FAITH TO BELIEVE THE THINGS THEY NEED TO
BELIEVE. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. TURN TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU
AND SAY THIS MESSAGE IS FOR YOU. AMEN. LET'S GET YOUR BIBLES OUT AND ON
THE COUNT OF THREE SAY WORD. ON THE COUNT OF THREE SAY WORD,
ONE, TWO, THREE! VERY GOOD, LET'S TURN TO LUKE
CHAPTER 3, LUKE CHAPTER 3. MATTHEW, MARK, MAHK, LUKE. IN 1982 I WAS DRAFTED TO THE LOS
ANGELES RAMS AND IT WAS MY SECOND TIME ON A PLANE, FIRST
TIME CALIFORNIA FIRSTHAND THE MOMENT I GOT DRAFTED TO
PREPARING TO COME OVER TO CALIFORNIA, GET ON A PLANE, ON
THE PLANE THE FOUR DIFFERENT FLIGHTS I HAD TO TAKE I HAD THIS
EXPECTATION IN MY HEART ABOUT WHAT THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE WOULD
BE LIKE. WHAT CALIFORNIA WOULD BE LIKE. EVERYBODY BROWN. FROM THE TAN. I HAD ONLY SEEN CALIFORNIA ON
TELEVISION. ALL OF THE EXPECTATIONS RELATED
TO PLAYING FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW, THE PARTIES AND ESPECIALLY BEING
IN L.A., THE STADIUMS, BEING WITH THE TEAM, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH -- AND IT WAS SO
OVERWHELMING WHAT I EXPECTED AND ANTICIPATED EXPERIENCING. WHEN YOU BECOME A LAWYER, YOU
HAVE THIS EXPECTATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BECOME A LAWYER. WHEN YOU MEET SOMETHING THAT YOU
THINK YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY YOU HAVE THIS EXPECTATION OF WHAT
LIFE TOGETHER WILL BE LIKE. WHEN YOU GET PREGNANT YOU HAVE
THIS EXPECTATION ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MOTHER OR FATHER,
GIVE BIRTH, AND WE CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON. WHEN YOU BECOME A DOCTOR OR GET
A NEW HAD JOB OR MAKE AN INVESTMENT OR BUY A HOUSE -- YOU
HAVE THIS EXPECTATION THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH BETTER THAN
WHAT YOU HAVE, AND YOU START TO PROJECT AND LOOK FOR AND
ANTICIPATING THOSE HAD EXPERIENCES. CAN I GET AN AMEN, AND SO WHEN
YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST, WHAT WAS YOUR EXPECTATION? WHAT DID YOU LOOK FORWARD TO? DID YOU LOOK FORWARD TO JUST NOT
GETTING ARRESTED OR MAYBE IF I GET SAVED I WILL STOP CURSING OR
MAYBE I WON'T HAD SMOKE CIGARETTES ANYMORE OR MAYBE I
WON'T ARGUE OR HIT MY WIFE OR YELL AT MY KIDS OR MAYBE I WILL
GO TO CHURCH NOW. I WILL START TO READ THE BIBLE. MAYBE I WILL UNDERSTAND THE
BIBLE AND ALL OF THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE GOOD BUT IF
THOSE ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS YOU ARE SELLING GOD READY SHORT. THEY ARE TOO LOW. THAT IS GOD IS LIKE THAT'S ALL
YOU WANT? THAT IS ALL YOU EXPECT TO GET
OUT OF THIS RELATIONSHIP? BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR
LIFE NOW COMPARED TO BEFORE YOU GOT SAVED, WHAT IS DIFFERENCE? I MEAN, DID YOU GO FROM HERE TO
HERE? BECAUSE YOU COULD DO A LOT OF
THAT WITHOUT GOD. YOU CAN COME TO CHURCH WITHOUT
GOD, AS A MATTER OF FACT, PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH WITHOUT GOD ALL
THE TIME AND WE SEE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. YOU CAN READ YOUR BIBLE AND BY
THE WAY, YOU CAN EVEN LEARN THE INFORMATION IN THE BIBLE WITHOUT
GOD. YOU CAN BE A LITTLE NICER
WITHOUT GOD, AND SO WHAT DID YOU REALLY EXPECT? DID YOU EXPECT I'M GOING TO GET
THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO COME AND LIVE
IN ME AND I'M GOING TO BE JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. GOD WANTS WAY MORE FROM THAT
FROM YOU. MY HAD CHALLENGE TODAY IS STEP
INTO YOUR FUTURE. MY CHALLENGE IS WHAT DO I
EXPECT? DO YOU EXPECT SOMETHING
SUPERNATURAL TO HAPPEN IN MY LIFE THAT I COULD NEVER DO
ALONE? YOU COME WITH THE EXPECTATION
THAT GOD IS GOING TO SET YOU FREE, HEAL YOU, DO SOMETHING
SUPERNATURAL IN YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, ALL OF THIS
IS JUST RELIGION. IT'S GOING TO BE THAT I PRAY AND
I WILL DO GOOD FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M GOING TO SHARE A
STORY WITH YOU OF WHAT JESUS WAS BAPTIZED AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
COME OVER HIM AND GAVE HIM THE AUTHORITY AND POWER AND ANOINTED
HIM AND THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THE EXPECTATION IN YOUR LIFE AND
NOTHING ELSE, AND WHAT IS GOING ASK YOU IS WAY BEYOND WHAT YOU
COULD ASK FOR OR IMAGINE BECAUSE HIS THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR
THOUGHTS AND HIS WAYS ARE NOT YOUR WAYS. GOD SEES YOU WAY, WAAAAAY
BIGGER. AND SO LET'S READ, CHAPTER 3:21
OF LUKE. IT SAYS IN VERSE 21 -- ARE YOU
ALL WITH ME? HE IS COUNTING -- IN CITY
RIGHTS, ARE YOU WITH ME? I CAN HEAR Y'ALL. IT SAYS WHEN ALL OF THE PEOPLE
WERE BAPTIZE IT HAD CAME TO PASS THAT JESUS WAS ALSO BAPTIZED AND
WHILE HE PRAYED, THE HEAVEN WAS OPENED. PLEASE! STOP. DO YOU LIVE UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES
OR DO YOU LIVE UNDER AN OPEN HEAVEN? YOU ARE LIKE OH, MY
MOTHER-IN-LAW HAD VERY, VERY HORRIBLE LIFE. SHE HAS PASSED AWAY, AND DUE TO
HER HAD VERY HORRIBLE LIFE SHE SAW EVERYTHING THROUGH A
HORRIBLE LENS. AND EVERY DAY, OH, IT'S SUNNY
OUT. YOU ARE GOING TO GET A SUNBURN. OH, IT'S CLOUDY OUT, IT'S GOING
TO RAIN. OH, THERE'S A LOT OF CARS OUT
THERE. OH -- SOME PEOPLE LIVE UNDER
OH... LIVE UNDER AN OPEN HEAVEN, THAT
WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR EYES IN THE MORNING YOU ASK GOD TO LIVE IN
YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE I BET BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR EYES YOU HEAR
DRAMA IN YOUR HEAD. DON'T GET OUT OF BED! IT'S GOING BE A HORRIBLE DAY. YOU ARE GOING TO BE A FAILURE,
DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. HOW MANY OF YOU HEAR THAT IN THE
MORNING. LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN, I HEAR IT
MORE THAN HALF OF THE TIME IN THE MORNING, AND BY THAT I MEAN
OUT OF TEN DAYS MORE THAN FIVE DAYS. HOW MANY OF YOU ALL HEAR THAT? OH... LOOK WHAT IT SAYS. THE HEAVEN WAS OPENED AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED IN BODILY FORM LIKE A DOVE, AND A VOICE
CAME FROM HEAVEN AND SAYS YOU ARE MY BELOVED SON. IN YOU I AM WELL PLEASED. YOUR EXPECTATION IS THAT EVERY
SINGLE DAY YOU WALK UNDER OPEN HEAVEN WHERE THE SPIRIT OF GOD
IS DESCENDING ON YOU AND GOD'S FAVOR IS ON YOU. AND GOD IS SCREAMING FROM THE
HEAVENS: I LOVE YOU! WELL, HOW DO I KNOW HE LOVES ME? YOU ARE NOT DEAD! YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU HAVE
BREATH. YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE. YOU HAVE BROWN PEOPLE YELLING AT
YOU EVERY SUNDAY, TELLING YOU GOD LOVES YOU. YOU HAVE A BIBLE IN YOUR HAND,
BUT WHAT ABOUT MY DRAMA, IT HASN'T KILLED YOU? YOU HAVE POWER AND ABILITY TO
OVERCOME IT AND LOOK IT IN THE FACE AND SAY BEGONE IN JESUS'
NAME. JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS FOR YOU
AND YOU LIVE EVERY DAY UNDER AN OPEN HEAVEN WHERE THERE IS
NOTHING BETWEEN GOD AND YOU. I WANT TO WALK UNDER DRAMA, I
WANT TO WALK UNDER GOD. AND IF YOU DON'T WAKE UP
BELIEVING THAT AND EXPECTING THAT AND YOU LOOK AT OH THE
CLOUDS, OH THE SUN, OH THE PEOPLE, EVERY DOESN'T LIKE ME,
THAT IS THE LIFE YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE H DEFEATED EVERY SINGLE
DAY, BUT NO, NO, NO, HEAVEN IS OPEN. THERE IS NOTHING BETWEEN YOU AND
GOD. GOD IS NOT OUT THERE IN THE
GALAXY IN ANY REMOTE PLACE CALLED HEAVEN, HE IS OUT THERE. WALK TO SCHOOL OR WORK OR THE
MALL TOMORROW OR OUT OF THIS CHURCH SAYING THERE IS AN OPEN
HEAVEN ABOVE ME AND WHEN YOU SEE THE SUN SHINING THROUGH THE
CLOUDS, THE RAYS COMING THROUGH THE CLOUDS I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE
THE HOLY SPIRIT COMING OUT OF THE HEAVENS ON ME LIKE THAT. THAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION,
CHAPTER 4:1. BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT I RETURNED FROM THE JORDAN AND WAS LED BY THE SPIRIT
INTO THE WILDERNESS, EVERYBODY SAY BE FILLED. SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME YOU SHOULD
BRINK THE AMOUNT OF OUNCES OF WATER THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO HALF
YOUR BODY WEIGHT IN POUNDS, SO IF YOU WEIGH 200 POUNDS YOU
SHOULD BRINK 100 OUNCES OF WATER, AND IF YOU WEIGH 100
POUNDS, YOU SHOULD DRINK 50 OUNCES. WATER, ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME, AND
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WEIGH? TAKE YOUR WEIGHT AND DIVIDE IT
BY TWO, CUT IT IN HALF AND THIS IS HOW MANY HAD OUNCE OF WATER
YOU SHOULD DRINK EVERY DAY, SO I'VE BEEN DRYING THAT AND WHEN
YOU DO THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF GOING TO THE BATHROOM ALL DAY
LONG. BUT YOU GOT TO DO IT ALL DAY
LONG, I GREW UP IN NEW YORK AND I HAD A LOT OF ENERGIES AND I
WOULD MAKE THESE FUNNY SOUNDS WITH MY EARS AND ANY NOSE AND IT
DROVE MY HAD FAMILY CRAZY, AND MY BROTHER WHO STILL LIVES BACK,
THERE WE WERE BOTH LIKE THIS, AND EYES WATERING AND MY BROTHER
TOLD ME MILES, ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS DRINK A LOT OF WATER, AND I
SAID WHAT DO YOU MEAN AND I SAID I DRINK SO MUCH WATER IT GOES
AWAY. WHY BECAUSE WHEN YOU DRINK SO
WATER IT FLUSHES YOU OUT, YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF THE WATER,
YOU CAN'T HOLD THAT MUCH, AND YOU WILL BE CONSTANTLY GOING TO
THE BATHROOM. DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT
FILLS YOUR LIFE, IT HAS TO COME OUT. YOU CAN'T -- YOU CANNOT -- YOU
CANNOT BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND HOLD IT TO YOURSELF. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. YOU HAVE TO HEAR AND TOUCH AND
ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH YOUR LIFE, AND IF YOU WERE
SAYING LORD, I EXPECT AN OPEN HEAVEN TO BE ABOVE AND THE
SPIRIT OF GOD TO FILL ME UP, IT HAS TO COME OUT AND YOUR
EXPECTATION EVER DAY IS HOW IS IT GOING COME OUT? THAT IS
EXCITING AND YOU SHOULD GET UP EVERY DAY GOING GOD, WHAT ARE
YOU GOING TO DO TODAY. AND YOU SHOULD NOT GET UP GOING
GOD, I GOT TO GO TO WORK. ARGGGHHHHH YOU SHOULD WAKE UP
EVERY DAY WITH THIS EXPECTATION, GOD, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
TODAY? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME? WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BRING INTO
MY LIFE? WHAT MIRACLE ARE YOU GOING TO
SHOW ME? COME ON, LET'S GO. I TOLD YOU MANY TIMES IN
FOOTBALL, THIS IS THE READY POSITION. THIS IS READY, AND I -- MATTER
OF FACT, EVERYONE STAND UP, LET'S DO THIS. YEAH, COME ON EVERYBODY STAND
UP, TURN TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU AND SAY STAND UP, STAND UP,
STAND UP. OKAY, FEET SHOULDER-WIDTH, JUST
A TINY BIT WIDER AND BEND YOUR KNEES AND GET YOUR CENTER
GRAVITY AND GET YOUR HANDS AND DO THIS. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, WAIT A MINUTE,
WE ARE NOT CLAPPING, IT'S JUST LIKE LET'S GO, IT'S NOT LIKE
THAT, IT'S LIKE LET'S GO, LET'S GO. THIS IS YOUR STABILITY RIGHT
HERE, AND SOME OF YOU HAVE A LOT MORE STABILITY THAN OTHERS BUT
THAT'S OKAY. ARE YOU ALL READY? AND SO FROM THIS POSITION YOU
CAN GO THAT WAY, THAT WAY, YOU CAN GO THAT WAY, YOU WITH GO
BACK OR FORWARD. ARE YOU ALL FOLLOWING ME? SO WHEN YOU GET OUT OF BED IN
THE MORNING YOU CAN GO LIKE THAT. HAVE A SEAT, HAVE A SEAT. EVERYONE SAY I'M READY. SAY GOD OPEN HEAVEN ABOVE ME. SAY FILL ME. WHOOOO! AND YOU KNOW WHEN THE HOLY
SPIRIT FILLS YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID TO JESUS,
LET'S GO CONFRONT YOUR DEMONS. NOT WORSHIP SERVICE, HE SAID
LET'S GO CONFRONT THE DEVIL. YOU NEED TO KNOW YOU CAN
CONFRONT YOUR DEVIL. THE HEAVENS OPENED AND THE HOLY
SPIRIT SAYS LET'S GO CONFRONT YOUR DEVIL. YOU NEED TO LOOK EVIL IN THE EYE
AND SAY I HAVE AUTHORITY OVER YOU, GOD HAS GIVEN ME DOMINION
OVER YOU. YOU NEED TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR
EVERY DAY AND SAY I WOULD NOT BE DEFEATED BY MY ADDICTION, MY
PAIN, YOU NEED SAY I'M A CHILD OF GOD, AND I'M NOT FULL OF IT,
I'M FULL OF HIM. LET'S GO, GOD, I'M READY, FILL
ME UP. WHAT HAVE CHALLENGE, WHAT
OBSTACLE, WHAT BURDEN OR BONDAGE DO YOU WANT ME TO CONFRONT
BECAUSE IF GOD IN YOU, ALL OF THE AUTHORITY OF HEAVEN AND EAST
IS IN YOU. AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAYS WE
ARE GOING TO CONFRONT THE DEVIL, IT'S NOT GOING BE EASY, WE ARE
IN A WAR AND YOU ARE GOING TO WIN. THAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION. LOOK AT VERSE 14 -- SORRY, VERSE
18 VERSE 18. JESUS SAID OF HIMSELF, HE WAS
ANOINTED BY THE SPIRIT. SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS ON ME
BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME, AND ANOINTED MEANS THIS, HE HAS SET
YOU ASIDE FOR A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE. GOD CREATED YOU, DESIGNED YOU. YOU ARE NOT AN ACCIDENT, NOT
SOME CREATION THAT JUST GROW OUT OF THE GROUND. YOU DO NOT COME FROM A MONKEY, A
GORILLA IS NOT YOUR DADDY, IT WAS NOT AN ASIAN OR A FILIPINO
OR ANY OTHER MONKEY, GOD CREATED THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH AND
THIS SAYS NOT ONLY DID HE CREATE ME BUT HE DESIGNED ME FOR A
SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND SET ME ASIDE AND WHAT DOES IT SAY, HE
HAS SENT ME TO HEAL THE BROKEN HEARTS AND HEAL THE CAPTURES AND
REGAIN THE SIGHT OF THE BLIND AND SET ASIDE THE OPPRESSED. THIS IS YOU, GOD HAS SET YOU
ASIDE FOR A LIBERATION PURPOSE. THERE IS A THEOLOGY CALLED BLACK
THEOLOGY, AND WHEN YOU HEAR THAT YOU MIGHT THINK OH BLACK PEOPLE
NOD TO HAVE THEIR OWN THEOLOGY. SLAVES NEEDED TO HAVE THEIR OWN
THEOLOGY, BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING TOLD SLAVERY WAS OF GOD,
BUT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT AND SO BLACK THEOLOGY CAME OUT OF
THE EXPERIENCE OF SLAVES BEING TOLD BY WHITE OWNERS SAYING THAT
GOD SANCTIFIED THEM TO BE ENSLAVED AND WE READ THE BIBLE
AND REALIZED THAT GOD WAS THE DELIVERER OF OPPRESSED PEOPLE,
NOT ONLY OPPRESSED PEOPLE OPPRESSED BY OTHER PEOPLE, BUT
SPIRITUALLY OR CHEMICALLY, GOD IS A GOD WHO DELIVERS OPPRESSED
PEOPLE AND HE HAS ANOINTED US TO BE A PART OF THAT LIBERATION,
AND HOW DO YOU DO THAT? YOU JUST INTRODUCE THEM TO
JESUS. HE DOES ALL OF THE WORK. GOD HAS SET YOU ASIDE TO DO
SOMETHING. NOT JUST TO COME TO CHURCH. TRUST ME, HE DID NOT SET YOU
ASIDE TO COME TO CHURCH. THIS IS PART OF IT, HE DID NOT
SET YOU ASIDE TO HAVE A BUSINESS OR A FAMILY, HE HAS SET YOU
ASIDE TO BECOME A PART OF THE MINISTRY TO ESTABLISH THE
KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH, AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
PEOPLE WHO DO SOMETHING AND THOSE WHO DON'T IS THE PEOPLE
WHO DO SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING. AND I KNOW THIS IS PH.D. STUFF,
LET ME DO IT AGAIN REALLY SLOW. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
PEOPLE WHO DO SOMETHING AND THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO SOMETHING IS
THE PEOPLE WHO DO SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING. IT'S SIMPLE. OH, CAN YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE
TIME, UNA MAS. OKAY, LET ME READ AND I WILL
READ THE NEXT ONE AND MAKE IT MORE CLEAR. LOOK AT VERSE 31. HE ANOINTED YOU WITH POWER AND
AUTHORITY OTHER DEMONS AND DISEASE. THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND YOU SHOULD HAVE AN
EXPECTATION THAT GOD CAN DELIVER YOU FROM SPIRITUAL BONDAGE
PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL BONDAGE. THOSE OF YOU WHO WATCH
PORNOGRAPHY ON LINE, AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE DAY THAT
PORNOGRAPHY IS WATCHED MORE THAN ANY DAY OF THE WEEKS. MEN AND WOMEN AND COUPLES
TOGETHER. BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN DELIVER
YOU FROM THAT AND RENEW YOUR MIND THAT THOSE IMAGES AND
EXPECTATIONS CAN BE GONE BECAUSE THEY WILL RUIN YOUR PERSPECTIVE
OF EVERY PERSON YOU SEE AND DESTROY YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP. I HEARD A STUDY THE OTHER DAY
THAT BLEW MY MIND THAT THE NUMBER ONE USERS OF VIAGRA -- WE
ARE NOT GETTING OFF TOPIC -- STAY WITH ME -- THE NUMBER ONE
USERS OF VIAGRA ARE 25 TO 45-YEAR-OLD GUYS BECAUSE A WOMAN
WITH NO CLOTHES DOESN'T DO IT FOR THEM ANYMORE, BECAUSE OF
PORNOGRAPHY. WHAT? THAT IS THE DEVIL. THAT IS THE DEVIL BECAUSE GOD
WANTED A WOMAN TO EXCITE YOU. THAT IS THE DEVIL. GOD HAS POWER OVER YOUR MIND,
OVER YOUR HEART, AND IN A FEW MINUTES YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO STEP INTO THAT POWER WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT
GOD CAN DELIVER YOU AND SET YOU FREE, AND GOD CAN NOT ONLY
FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR SIN BUT DELIVER YOU ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE
BEEN SAVED BUT YOU ARE STILL WALKING IN THE WILDERNESS
BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT REALLY LET GO, YOU JUST PRAYING A PRAYER,
AROUND LOOK AT WHAT IS SAYS IN VERSE 31, HE WENT DOWN TO
CAPERNAUM A CITY IN GALILEE AND HE WAS TEACHING THEM AND HIS
WORD WAS AUTHORITY AND IN THE SYNAGOGUE WAS A MAN WITH THE
SPIRIT OF AN UNCLEAN DEMON AND HE SAID LET US ALONE. DID YOU COME TO DESTROY US, GO
NO FURTHER -- AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT JESUS DID -- EVERY
TIME, EVERY TIME A DEMON POSSESSED PERSON IS IN THE
PRESENCE OF JESUS, THE DEMONS CRY OUT AND SAY WE KNOW WHO YOU
ARE, THE SON OF GOD. THEY IDENTIFY HIM, AND THEY
WORSHIP HIM LIKE THIS. THEY BOW DOWN AND SAY PLEASE DO
NOT DESTROY US BECAUSE THEY KNOW JUDGMENT IS COMING FROM HIM AND
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AS THE SON OF GOD AND AS BEING WORTHY OF THEIR
WORSHIP. EVERY TIME. WHY? BECAUSE HE IS WORTHY OF OUR
WORSHIP. HOW DO THEY KNOW THAT? BECAUSE THEY WERE ANGELS IN
HEAVEN AND THEY KNOW HE IS A BAD BOY, AND THAT THE DEMON WILL
TELL YOU THIS IS HOW YOU SHOULD WORSHIP. WE LOVE YOU, WE LOVE YOU --
THAT'S NOT HOW THEY WORSHIP. WORSHIP IS A RESPONSE OF
RESPECT. THIS IS A RESPONSE OF RESPECT. THE DEMONS KNOW THERE IS A GOD
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY SHUDDER. WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARE SCARED TO DEATH
OF WHAT HE IS GOING DO AND THEY SAY DISREGARD THAT. HE TELLS YOU, BUT THEY ARE
SCARED TO DEATH, WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARE LIARS. THEY TELL YOU ONE THING AND DO
ANOTHER, IT SAYS LEAVE US ALONE, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO WITH YOU? DID YOU COME TO DESTROY US AND
IN OTHER INSTANCES WHERE JESUS IS ASKED THIS QUESTION HE SAYS
NOT YET BUT YOUR TIME IS COMING. JESUS REBUKED HIM AND SAID SHUT
UP -- I KNOW YOUR BIBLE SAYS BE QUIET. YOU ALL GOT THE KING JAMES, I
GOT THE DON KING VERSION, AND WE KIND OF GET TO THE POINT. HE SAYS SHUT UP! COME OUT OF HIM AND WHEN THE
DEMON HAD THROWN HIM INTO THE MIDST IT COME OUT OF HIM AND DID
NOT HURT HIM ANYMORE AND THEY WERE ALL AMAZED AND SPOKE AMONG
THEMSELVES SAYING WHAT WORD IS THIS? FOR WITH AUTHORITY AND POWER HE
COMMANDS THE UNCLEAN SPIRITS AND THEY COME OUT OF HIM. YOUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU CAN
SPEAK WITH AUTHORITY AND POWER. THE SAME SPIRIT OF GOD HERE. THE SAME SPIRIT OF GOD THAT
CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. THE SAME SPIRIT OF GOD THAT WILL
JUDGE AND THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD IS THE ONE YOU
HAVE. HE ALL OF A SUDDEN IS NOT DUMBED
DOWN. HE IS JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO
SMART UP. HE IS WAITING FOR YOU TO
BELIEVE. AND IT SAYS IN VERSE 38, HE ROSE
AND ENTERED SIMON'S HOUSE WHERE SIMON'S MOTHER WAS SICK WITH A
FEVER AND HE STOOD OVER HER AND REBUKED THE FEVER AND SHE
IMMEDIATELY ROSE AND SERVED HIM. DEMONS ARE DISEASE, SPIRITUAL,
PHYSICAL, THE SUPERNATURAL WORLD AND THE NATURAL WORLD. THAT SHOULD BE YOUR EXPECTATION. BUT THE DEVIL WILL SAY I WANT
YOU TO FEAR SPIRITUAL OPPRESSION. I WANT YOU TO FEAR DISEASE AND
FEAR PEOPLE AND FEAR CIRCUMSTANCES. I WANT YOU TO FEAR YOUR LIFE AND
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN AND THE ECONOMY AND WHO IS GOING BE
PRESIDENT AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH TERRORISM, AND SOME
OF THAT IS VERY REAL DANGER BUT IT'S NOT DANGER THAT GOD CAN'T
GET YOU THROUGH, AND SO WHEN YOU SAY NO, NO, NO, THEY TOLD
NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING, YOU CAN THROW US IN THE FIRE, AND OUR
LORD WILL SAVE US. -- THEY DIDN'T SAY THESE WORDS
BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE MEANING. EITHER WE GET BURNT OR DIE AND
GO TO HEAVEN BUT EITHER WAY WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED AND THEY
WERE THROWN IN THE FIRE AND IT SAYS THEIR CLOTHES WERE NOT
SINGED AND THEIR HAIR WAS NOT BURNT -- AND BY THE WAY, YOU
KNOW HOW FAST HAIR BURNS IN A FIRE, YOU EVER TAKE HAIR OUT AND
BURN IT -- NO, MAYBE IT'S JUST ME, AND YOU ALL JUST LEFT ME OUT
TO DRY THERE. LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE IS
TALKING ABOUT. YOUR HAIR BURNS LIKE, THAT AND
THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE SAYS THE HEAT OF THE FIRE DIDN'T EVEN
GET CLOSE TO THEM. THE SMELL OF THE FIRE DIDN'T
EVEN GET ON THEM AND THEY WERE IN THE FIRE. GOD SAID I'M GOING TO KEEP YOU
SO FAR FROM BEING HURT, EVEN THOUGH HURT IS RIGHT HERE, AND
HE HEALED THE WOMAN. IN A MINUTE WE ARE GOING TO PRAY
AND HERE IS MY CHALLENGE TO YOU. THERE ARE TWO GROUPS OF Y'ALL,
Y'ALL WHO ASKED CHRIST TO BE YOUR SAVIOR AT SOME POINT IN
YOUR LIFE AND Y'ALL WHO HAVEN'T, AND FOR ALL OF Y'ALL WHO
HAVEN'T, YOUR CHALLENGE IS TO IS FINALLY ASK, GOD, I'M A SINNER
AND JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD, PLEASE FORGIVE ME. FILL ME WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD. THIS IS NOT AN INTELLECTUAL
TRANSFORMATION. IT'S A SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION,
AND SO FOR ALL Y'ALL WHO NEVER ASKED CHRIST TO BE YOUR SAVIOR
ON ALL OF THE CAMPUSES, IN A MINUTE THIS PRAYER IS FOR YOU,
JUST SAY JESUS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME MY SIN. I SURRENDER. FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ASKED CHRIST
TO BE YOUR SAVIOR, AND YOUR EXPECTATION IS DOING THIS. AND YOU WANT MORE. NOW, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT
99.9% OF YOU ARE GOING I WANT MORE. THAT .1% YOU ARE SLEEPING RIGHT
NOW. YOU ARE NOT HEARING WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT AND A HALF IS THE ONLY REASON BUT I KNOW FOR A
FACT, MAN, MAN, WHAT WOULD THAT BE LIKE IF THE HOLY SPIRIT COULD
DO THIS IN MY LIFE OR SET ME FREE OR HEAL THROUGH ME? AND I KNOW ONE FACT, GOD MADE
YOU FOR THAT. HE MADE YOU TO HAVE THAT
EXPECTATION AND TO BE USED. YOUR SOUL IS LIKE: THIS IS WHAT
I WANT, THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN YEARNING MORE. LISTEN, FOOL, LISTEN, THIS IS
WHAT YOUR SOUL SAYING AND I KNOW THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN YOU IS
SAYING UH-HUH, I WANT TO DO THAT, AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD, MY
INTERPRETATION -- THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS SAYING YOU PUT ME IN A
BOX, YOU ASKED ME TO COME AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND THEN YOU
PUT ME IN A BOX. YOU CREATED A THEOLOGY OF DOUBT,
THAT I DON'T DO WHAT DIE ANYMORE. YOU JUST WAIT THIS STUFF UP THAT
I DON'T TRANSFORM OR CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES, I DON'T GIVE YOU
A WORD, LIKE I'M DUMB, AND I DON'T KNOW THE MIND OF GOD
ANYMORE. THE BIBLE SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT
HAS A MIND AND POWER AND GIFTS AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, SO YOU
CAN GO OH, WHY -- THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON, AND WHAT
MEANS HE IS HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU, ENCOURAGE YOU AND WALK
AND GUIDE AND DIRECT YOU. HE REMINDS YOU OF WHAT JESUS
SAID AND HE IS TRYING TO GUIDE YOU A LEAD A SUPERNATURAL LIFE
BUT YOUR EXPECTATION WAS DOWN HERE, BECAUSE YOU ARE SCARED AND
DON'T TRUST GOD. THERE IS A BUNCH OF Y'ALL WHO
HAVE AND GOD IS SAYING CAN YOU TRUST ME MORE? JUST TRUST ME THAT I WILL OPEN
UP HEAVEN ABOVE YOUR LIFE AND DO SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL IN YOUR
LIFE, SO THE PRAYER IS GOING TO BE A PRAYER OF SURRENDER. LORD, I TRUST YOU. LORD, FILL ME UP. LORD, USE ME. LORD, MY EXPECTATION JUST WENT
UP -- CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, AND
BY THE WAY, MY EXPECTATIONS THE HEAVENS JUST OPENED SO THERE IS
NO LIMIT TO MY EXPECTATION, IT'S A PRAYER AND LORD, JUST DO
WHATEVER IN MY LIFE. BEFORE I GOT SAVED I WAS ASKED
TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC, AND WHEN I SAY SPEAK, I MEAN LIKE FIVE
MINUTES IN FRONT OF A HUNDRED PEOPLE AND I WAS LIKE THAT IS
NOT MY DEAL. I WILL SIGN AUTOGRAPHS OR TAKE
PHOTOS BUT I'M NOT A SPEAKER. THIS IS A STRAIGHT-UP TRUE
STORY. I REMEMBER ONE TIME I WENT TO
SPEAK AT SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LA JOLLA AND THEY BROUGHT OUT
500 KIDS AND IT TOOK THEM NINE HOURS TO GET THEM ORGANIZE WITH
A BIG BANNER AND I WAS SWEATING LIKE A PIG AND I SAID THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE ALL OUT HERE, GOOD BYE, AND THEY
WERE LIKE WE DID ALL OF THAT FOR THAT? I WAS SCARED BECAUSE I DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND WHO I WAS, AND WHEN I GOT SCARED THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID
LET ME EXPLAIN WHO YOU ARE, YOU ARE A MOUTH. YOU HAVE A VAVOOM. YOU ARE VAVOOM. OPEN YOUR MOUTH, SAY WHAT I PUT
IN IT. JUST DO THAT. SO GOD, WHATEVER, WHO DO YOU
WANT ME TO TALK TO AND WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY, NOT
GOD, HERE IS WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. MY EXPECTATION HAS TO BE
WHATEVER. IF GOD SPOKE TO YOU DURING THAT SERMON AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO ASK CHRIST TO BE YOUR SAVIOR, IT'S AS SIMPLE AS A-B-C. ADMIT AND ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE A SINNER. THE BIBLE SAYS ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, THAT HE DIED FOR YOUR SIN AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD. THEN CONFESS YOURSELF A SINNER AND SAY, JESUS PLEASE FORGIVE ME OF MY SIN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK JESUS CHRIST TO BE YOUR SAVIOR, JUST LOOK AT ME RIGHT NOW AND PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR HEART KNOWING THAT GOD KNOWS YOU AND LOVES YOU VERY MUCH. SAY, DEAR GOD, I BELIEVE THAT I AM SINNER. I KNOW THE PENALTY OF MY SIN IS DEATH. I DON'T WANT TO DIE AND GO TO HELL. I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, THAT HE DIED AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD FOR MY SIN. I CONFESS MYSELF A SINNER AND ASK HIM TO FORGIVE ME OF MY SIN. JESUS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME OF MY SIN AND FILL ME WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER, IF YOU JUST ASKED CHRIST TO BE YOUR SAVIOR, WE WANT TO KNOW. WE WANT TO EMAIL YOU SOME RESOURCES. IF YOU JUST PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH ME, TO ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR CLICK ON THE LINK THAT JUST APPEARED. WE WANT TO SEND YOU SOME FREE RESOURCES. GOD BLESS YOU AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN HEAVEN.
